Improvement in magazine fire-arms



UNITED S'I'A'IES PATENT OFFICE.

S. G. BAYES, OF WAUSEON, OHIO.

Specification forming pa1t of Letters Patent N0. 86,723, daterl February9, 1869.

T0 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, S. G. BAYES, of Wanseon, in the county 0f Fulton andState 0f Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Arms;and I d0 hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which Will enable those skilled in the art t0 makeand use the same, reference being had t0 the accompanying drawings,forming part 0f this specification.

This invention relates t0 a new and useful improvement in that dass offire-arms which are known as magazine-guns, the same being provided witha eharnber. to oontain a plurality 0f eartridges, (those with metallicshells being used,) which, by a suitable meehanism, are conveyed, one ata time, from the magazine and deposited into the breech or rear end 0fthe barrel 0f the pieee to be disoharged, the metall ic sh ells of theexploded cartridges bein g thrown through an opening in the t0p of achamber at the rear of the barrel, in which chamber the greater portion0f the mechanism above alluded to is plaeed.

In eonnection with the sliding breech-pin 0f tl1is class of fire-arms, aslide 0r cover is provided f01 the opening through whicl1 the metallicshells 0f the exploded cartridges a1e cast out, so that said openingwillbe kept covered 0r closed, except at such tinne when the mechanism isready t0 ejeet the shell, when it is opened, and after the expulsion 0fthe shell elosed by the operation of the gnard-lever.

My invention eonsists in the peculiar C011- strnction 0f this slide,whereby it is adapted t0 be moved fbrward t0 cover the opening in a lineparallel With the axis 0f the barrel.

I am aware that a flat spring has been attached t0 the breechpin andmovecl forward with it t0 elose the opening in the chamber; but thesuccess of this arrangement depends npon the elasticity 0f the spring,whose outer end must be raised by the carrier before the opening can beclosed, and then spring into position upon the chamber when the carrierhas been thrown down.

The eontinued nse 0f this spring will have a tendency t0 weaken lt, andtherefore render the cover imperfect.

By my invention this diffieulty is avoided,

as the cover is non-elastic and mmes forward in line parallel witl1 theaxis 0f the ba1rel. In order to accomplish tl1is result, it is groovedupon its under surfaee in such a manner as t0 slide easily over theprojecting ribs upon the earrier, which ribs are employed f01' expellingthe shell of the exploded cartridge.

In the accompanying sheet ofdrawings, Fignre 1 is a side view 0f thebreech portion 0f a magazine-gun, a portion 0f the side neariast the eyebeingrmoved in Order t0 sh0w theworking parts; Fig. 2, a transversesection of the san1e, taken in the line 00 x, Fig. l.

Similar letters 0f r'eference indieate '001responding parts.

A represents a portion of the rear or breech encl 0f the barrel 0f afire-arm; B, a portion 0f the stoek, which is of metal, and adjoins themetallic chamber 0 at the rear o1- breech end 0f the barrel. D is thecarrier, which raises the eartridges fron1 the magazine E, underneaththe harre], up t0 the rear end 0f the barrel; and F is the slidingbreeeh-pin, by which the cartridges are shoved into the barrel. Theca-1rier and breech-pin are operated by a lever, G, conneoted bysuitable mechanism 130 them. H is the plunger, against Whi0h the hammerI strikes t0 explode the cartridge.

The front end of the plunger works in the rear part of the breeeh-pin F,andat the rear end 0f the breech-pin obere is a block, a, t0 which onearm 0f a toggle, J :is pivoted, the toggle being; eonnected witl1 thelever G.

'lhe pa1ts above referrecl t0 am all old and well known, and therefore(10 n0t require a special description.

In the top 0f the chamber G there is made an opening, b, as usual,through. wl1ich themetallic shells 0f the exploded cartriclges arethrown out eacl1 time the carrier D rises. 'Il1is opening b, infire-arms of this class, is 1n0st generally open, n0 cover beingprovldecl f0r lt, and the few covers that have been applied have beenfonncl defective, although some 0f then1 have been operated by thebreech-pin. My invention obviates this difficulty.

The cover consists of a slide, J, provided at its under side With alongitudinal dovetail rib, K, which is fitted and allowed t0 slide 01work freely in a corresponding-shaped groove in the 1:0p of the chamberO.

113 will be seen thaf the carrier D is provided with two projectingribs, by Which the cartridge-shell is raised and diseharged from theopening, and in order to permit ehe non-elastie s1ide J t0 move forward,it is grooved upon its under side 1:0 a sufficient depth to permit itspassage over the 1ibs of the carrier.

Apin, c, extends up from the block a ab the re2u of the breech-pin F,said pin passing through an oblong slot, d, in the t0p of the chamber O,2u1d into a mortise in 1:-he under side of t1 1e rib K, as shownclezmrly in Fig. l.

By this arrangement it will be seen (hat the S1'1de 01" cover J will bemoved With ohe breechpin, und eaoh time the breech-pin is moved forw-ardto shove the cartridge into the barrel tl1e slide J Will be also inovedand n1ade 130 c0ver the opening b, and when the breeqh-pin is drawn backand the carrier rises the slide S. G. BAYES.

Witnesses: V

FRANK BLOOKLEY, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

